Talk:Radius of gyration
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[edit] Comments from User:Tastemyhouse (21 April 2006)
The radius of gyration of an area with respect to a particular axis is the square root of the quotient of the area moment of inertia divided by the area. It is the distance at which the entire area must be assumed to be concentrated in order that the product of the area and the square of this distance will equal the moment of inertia of the actual area about the given axis.
I found this article next to useless - I have to assume that anyone who can understand this article already knows what radius of gyration means. So the article only really serves to refresh physicists, and give them a sense of verisimilitude. It would be a great improvement if someone could provide an explanation that wasn't in the physics equivalent of leagalese, and provide some meaningful examples of how this concept applies to the real world.
